Susan Wise Bauer Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 That's right, folks, we're a top pick for Post-Apocalyptic Survival. http://bookriot.com/2015/09/08/post-apocalyptic-survival-month-read-want-live/ SWB (This is making our day over at the PHP office...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Once upon a time it was lists of books for permanent escape to a blissful life on a deserted island. . . . Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Awesome :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 That's awesome. :lol: :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Congratulations! Will there be a note on the PHP Facebook feed tomorrow? ETA: My personal favorite of the PHP's updates, based on last week's events in my home - "We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to find the math textbook pretty much where we told the kid it was an hour ago." 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Too cool!! :coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Finally, a good excuse to use this: :zombiechase: But then won't we eventually have a bunch of Well Trained Zombies? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 That's hilarious. And awesome. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 You've reached the pinnacle of success!!! We already know we can't live without you. Now the world knows. :D 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 You could add this package to your school-in-a-box packages. Just throw in the machete and the water bottle. Who could possibly object? :w00t: 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hilarious. And a good choice. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 That is both hilarious and awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 That's fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Cute! And what an honor! BTW, you really need a like button with your posts... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 What creek land said and I'm buying the e-book... For my kindle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hmmm, maybe it's all a zombie plot to make our brains plumper and juicier.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Mousie Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 :lol: That's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 A new slogan? "The Well Trained Mind - Prepping Your Child for a Post-Apocalyptic World Since 1999" 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RioSamba Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Congratulations! My son goes to a primitive skills school once a week, he is going to be very impressed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_girl Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yes, because we'll have so much time off from running away from zombies that we'll want to give our children the best possible education ;) That's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Um... is it just me, or is TWM not all *that* useful in the apocalypse? It largely depends on lists of recommended books to use, so you'd need access to at least several of the books TWM recommends to really use TWM, including a good encyclopedia. I'm surprised they didn't list "The Knowledge" by Dartnell. If think for educating yourself and the littles, The Knowledge along with some "how things work" books would be good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Haha! Everything you always dreamed it would be, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 :zombiechase: Now we know why Susan added the zombie emoticons. She was prepping. :zombie: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 :party: Bring on the Apocalyspe--we are all prepared! (Well, at least to educate the kids. And hey! No college acceptance pressure! Woo-Hoo!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Um... is it just me, or is TWM not all *that* useful in the apocalypse? It largely depends on lists of recommended books to use, so you'd need access to at least several of the books TWM recommends to really use TWM, including a good encyclopedia. I'm surprised they didn't list "The Knowledge" by Dartnell. If think for educating yourself and the littles, The Knowledge along with some "how things work" books would be good. Are you kidding? After the apocalypse, there will be no schools! It will truly be an essential item for the well-educated post-apocalyptic child! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajag Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 That's right, folks, we're a top pick for Post-Apocalyptic Survival. http://bookriot.com/2015/09/08/post-apocalyptic-survival-month-read-want-live/ SWB (This is making our day over at the PHP office...) Why else would you think I bought it? *head tilt* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Congrats! It's a perfect choice- people need to think long term when the apocalypse arrives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I have two copies. What a relief!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Are you kidding? After the apocalypse, there will be no schools! It will truly be an essential item for the well-educated post-apocalyptic child! Exactly - you think the public library will limit your check-outs to 25 after the apocalypse? I don't think so. It's every man/zombie for himself! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Are you kidding? After the apocalypse, there will be no schools! It will truly be an essential item for the well-educated post-apocalyptic child! Yes, but, as I said, a large part of TWTM is its lists of useful books... TWTM won't be very useful if the only books you have are the few listed on that page Susan linked to in her OP (though it's still useful as kindling, toilet paper, etc). So, if you're going to stock your bunker with TWTM, you'd better add some of the books it recommends as well. TWTM is not a stand-alone homeschooling handbook, with everything you need. The "What your ... grader needs to know" series by E.D. Hirsch is not intended to be stand-alone either, but comes much closer (though it only goes from pre-K to 6th grade, afaik). I'm seeing a hole in the market: The Apocalypse-Schooling Handbook. I'm sure there's some amount of demand for a book like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Exactly - you think the public library will limit your check-outs to 25 after the apocalypse? I don't think so. It's every man/zombie for himself! If you can safely get to a library (what with them often being in cities, and staying in the city is likely a bad idea); if the books/library haven't been destroyed by floods/fires/etc, and if others haven't gotten to them and taken the useful books out before you got there (whether for educating or for easy things to burn). A big part of preparedness is to not have to rely on resources that may or may not be available to you after the SHTF. Anyway, YMMV, and I'm not expecting an actual apocalypse in which books will be impossible to come by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 If you can safely get to a library (what with them often being in cities, and staying in the city is likely a bad idea); if the books/library haven't been destroyed by floods/fires/etc, and if others haven't gotten to them and taken the useful books out before you got there (whether for educating or for easy things to burn). A big part of preparedness is to not have to rely on resources that may or may not be available to you after the SHTF. Anyway, YMMV, and I'm not expecting an actual apocalypse in which books will be impossible to come by. Sorry - I was taking this in a far less serious manner. References to zombies usually indicate a lighthearted take on the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Girl Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'm seeing a hole in the market: The Apocalypse-Schooling Handbook. I'm sure there's some amount of demand for a book like that. You realize there's an opportunity here, right? I think I need to start a thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 If their kids are already in the logic or rhetoric stages, they could hollow out the book by cutting the pages they don't need and stash stuff in there. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Gosh, who knew we were all so well-prepared for the apocalypse! :party: :zombie: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 How fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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